Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Diswood in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Diswood. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Diswood listed first.
- Sandusky
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Olive Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hodges Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Thebes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Commerce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Villa Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ullin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McClure
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Willard is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Mounds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Wetaug
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wetaug is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetaug
- Springville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Springville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- East Cape Girardeau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Kelso
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- America
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- America is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Dongola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mound City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Olmsted
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cape Girardeau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Balcom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Balcom is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balcom
- Egypt Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt Mills is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Diswood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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